Couchbase is looking for a well-rounded, strategic People Partner to join our organization. You will Create Value and your impact will Be Valued. We are on a journey to define our future path and build out organization and talent strategies to feed both our employees’ and company’s future growth. You will assist leaders and employees to implement a global people strategy to support business objectives.   This role requires both global and regional experience in a matrixed environment.  

As your primary responsibility, you will provide People Partnership to leaders in both Sales and Engineering to deliver talent strategies for the Americas Sales and Global Engineering teams. You will partner with the Global Sales and Engineering People Leaders to deliver talent strategies across these two organizations.  You will directly impact the future of the “world class teams” who work at Couchbase and solidify Couchbase’s reputation as an "employer of choice." Come help us Make Tomorrow Better Than Today, Starting Now. 

Responsibilities

• Counsel and/or coach leaders regarding employee relations
• Partner with our Sr. Associate People Partners to lead investigations into leader/manager/employee complaints or grievances, maintaining confidentiality and ensuring fair and consistent outcomes.
• Leverage data from our engagement, candidate, and exit survey data to drive actions for the organizations you will support.
• Support strategic initiatives for the People Partner team, collaborating with cross-functional teams to achieve objectives.
• Partner with our DE&I team on deploying strategic areas for the organization.
• Partner closely with key stakeholders across the People Team (Talent Acquisition, People Partner and People Operations, Talent Development and Total Rewards), Finance and Legal teams to evolve and implement services, processes, and People initiatives.
• Support the People Partner Leaders on the roll out of the annual People & Workplace programs as well as playing a key part in the execution of the Strategic People Roadmap.

Key Behaviors & Deliverables:

• Above all things, we are culture ambassadors and must be willing to lead, learn, and live by example, ensuring that Couchbase culture is paramount in all business and people decisions.
• Partner with Couchbase leadership to build, manage and execute on integrated regional and organizational people strategies.
• Be a trusted advisor on all things people to our leaders.
• Work with all levels of management in an engaging manner to grow our leadership capability.

Desired Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, or a related field
• 4-8 years’ experience in a People function with increasing levels of seniority and complexity over the length of your career.
• People Partner experience in a global, complex growing technology company.
• Possess strong influencing skills and experience handling sensitive employee matters.
• Structured thinking and possesses sound business judgment and acumen. 
• Both strategic, in terms of seeing around corners and planning for the People implications of business growth, as well as operational, willing to roll up sleeves and work with the team in a hands-on way to implement People-related programs.
• The ideal candidate will have experience driving an organization’s strategic vision and ability to operationalize and execute against our priorities.
• Proven ability to handle global employee relations matters effectively and confidentially.
• Ability to multitask and prioritize in a fast-paced environment with changing priorities.
• Strong problem-solving and decision-making skills
• Experience working with Sales, Engineering, and Senior leaders at the VP level.
• Highly collaborative 
• Solutions oriented, with an ability to work independently and at pace, to effectively resolve challenges in a rapidly scaling, changing environment